Handedness and Developmental Disorder

Handedness and Developmental Disorder

by D. V. M. Bishop
Handedness and Developmental Disorder

Handedness and Developmental Disorder

by D. V. M. Bishop

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Overview

This book offers a comprehensive and readable account of theoretical aspects of the origins of normal development of handedness and its relationship to cerebral lateralization and intellectual function. Later chapters review the evidence for links between non-right-handedness and various developmental disorders: mental impairment, autism, epilepsy, and disorders of spoken and written langauge. The emphasis is on understanding the range of underlying mechanisms that might lead to associations between handedness and disorder, and on identifying assessment procedures that can distinguish between different explanations.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780521411950
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 01/01/1990
Series: Clinics in Developmental Medicine (Mac Keith Press) Series , #110
Pages: 208
Product dimensions: 6.69(w) x 9.41(h) x 0.83(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; Foreword Paul Satz; 1. Why handedness?; 2. Handedness and cerebral lateralization; 3. The genetics of handedness; 4. The development of handedness; 5. The definition and measurement of handedness; 6. Cognitive correlates of handedness; 7. Early brain damage and pathological left-handedness; 8. Epilepsy; 9. Mental impairment; 10. Autism and rett syndrome; 11. Specific reading retardation (developmental dyslexia); 12. Specific developmental disorders of speech and language; 13. Stuttering; 14. Handedness, hormones and developmental disorders; 15. Conclusions and clinical implications; Appendix; References; Author index; Subject index.
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